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South Sudan Minister decries high youth unemployment

Juba Echo August 6, 2021 0

By Staff writer South Sudanese national minister of Labor Gen. James HothMai has expressed concerned over the current high youth unemployment in the country following...

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South Sudan spy agency leaves media ruing misunderstanding

Juba Echo August 5, 2021 0

By Staff Writer South Sudan’s National Security Service officers stormed a press conference held by several media organisations in the...

UN warns flood victims in South Sudan surviving on grass

Juba Echo August 5, 2021 0

Some of the struggling flood-affected victims in Ayod County, Jonglei State (Photo: UNHCR) By Awan Achiek Flood victims in South...

he government of South Sudan says it paid $1.5million to the East African Community as membership fees. It confirmed that it paid the money using swift transfer to the East African Community account in Tanzania but not by cheque as reported by some media outlets The governor of Bank of South Sudan Bank, Dier Tong said “I want to take this opportunity really to correct some misinformation that I saw this morning in the newspaper that there is a cheque of $1.5million that was paid to East Africa and that the cheque bounced. That is misinformation.” He Continued, “First of all we don’t pay East African Community by cheque, we don’t make international payments by cheque, we don’t write cheque to East African Community or to any person that we are paying abroad, we wire the money by swift and we cannot send a swift when we know that there is no money in the account. I know very well when this amount was paid, I am aware about it.” Governor Dier Tong say under his leadership, South Sudan’s apex bank is putting across several economic reforms to tackle the current economic challenges in the country but that it will take time before positive results are realized by the common man. The bank also says its primary objective now is to unify the official exchange rate with the market rate. “The fall in the global oil prices as a result of the covid-19 Pandemic, desert locust invasion and flooding have continued to weaken South Sudan’s economy in-spite of the reforms the Central Bank is putting in place.” Said Dier. On Wednesday the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement of $174.2 million to South Sudan under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address economic challenges the country faces due impact of Covid-19. The money is a loan that will be refunded in bits without interest rate according to the Central Bank Governor.

Jonglei authorities to produce Clinical officer’s murderer before law

Juba Echo August 4, 2021 0

By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba The authorities in Jonglei State said they would trace the assassin who murdered a clinical...

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Police investigates young man’s death in Aweil

Juba Echo August 4, 2021 0

By Staff Writer The Police Unit of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State is investigating the death of a young man...

Embattled cashier at South Sudan’s oil company denies any wrongdoing

Juba Echo August 3, 2021 0

Senior Nilepet Cashier Charles Ring Mayen/courtesy photo By staff Writter A cashier at South Sudan’s Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet), Ring...

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New advocacy group emerged, braves to restore democracy in South Sudan

Juba Echo July 30, 2021 0

By Onen Walter Solomon Rights activists said on Friday that they have been prompted to form People's Coalition for Civil Action to allow citizens...

WFP Optimistic On Mitigating Hunger In South Sudan

Juba Echo July 29, 2021 0

WFP's Adeyinka Badejo and Mitsuhiro Toyama, Japan Embassy Charge d’affaires sign on the funding in Juba By Simon Deng and...

South Sudan Suspends Road Construction By Uganda On Its Territory

Juba Echo July 28, 2021 0

By Onen Walter Solomon Officials in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State said they have suspended a road construction by Ugandan...

South Sudan Launches Inclusive Learning Policy

Juba Echo July 27, 2021 0

By Simon Deng South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction on Tuesday launched the National Inclusive Education Policy2021 that...

UNICEF Launches Situational Analysis on South Sudan Children And Women

Juba Echo July 27, 2021 0

By Staff Writer The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF in collaboration with South Sudan Ministries of Finance and Planning,...

Kenya Abolishes Visa Payment For South Sudanese

Juba Echo July 26, 2021 0

By Onen Walter Solomon Kenya has waived visa payment for South Sudanese, noting in a statement that South Sudan has...

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South Sudan Minister decries high youth unemployment

South Sudan spy agency leaves media ruing misunderstanding

UN warns flood victims in South Sudan surviving on grass

Jonglei authorities to produce Clinical officer’s murderer before law

Police investigates young man’s death in Aweil

Embattled cashier at South Sudan’s oil company denies any wrongdoing

New advocacy group emerged, braves to restore democracy in South Sudan

WFP Optimistic On Mitigating Hunger In South Sudan

South Sudan Suspends Road Construction By Uganda On Its Territory

South Sudan Launches Inclusive Learning Policy

UNICEF Launches Situational Analysis on South Sudan Children And Women

Kenya Abolishes Visa Payment For South Sudanese

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